双语灵修（葛培理牧师）5月6日 加入教会

5月6日

加入教会

“于是领受他话的人就受了洗。那一天， 门徒约添了三千人。”

使徒行传 2:41

我们生活在这样的一个时代——人们接二连三地离开教会。其中，一部分人认为教会无关紧要或者跟不上时代，另一部分人认为教会不值得信赖。还有一部分人根本不知所以。 但最终人们离开教会是因为他们有离开的自由，他们觉得没有必要留下。他们在教会里找不到自己要寻找的东西。两千年前，教会刚开始的时候，正好相反。人们勇于放弃世俗，因为他们要成为教会的一部分。原因很简单：他们需要耶稣，而在教会里可以找到祂。

教会的本意是聚集和集会。教会是一群被耶稣吸引并被祂永远改变的人。教会改变了世界，因为首先是耶稣改变了加入教会的人。教会永远是我们的光，是避难所，是磐石。教会让每一个人有归宿感和共同的使命感。教会是人们可以找到耶稣并且学习与祂同在、为祂而活的地方。

今日祷告：

亲爱的耶稣，让我不要离开教会。帮助我在聚会中找到你。阿们。

May 6 – Added to the Church

Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.

A C T S 2 : 4 1

We live in an era when people are walking away from church in droves. Some feel church isn’t relevant or cool, while others feel church isn’t trustworthy. And others just don’t see the point of it all. But ultimately people leave church because they can. They don’t feel compelled to stay.

They simply aren’t finding in church what they need to find. When “church” began 2,000 years ago, the feeling was just the opposite. People left behind everything else in their lives because they had to be a part of the church. The reason for this is simple: They needed Jesus, and church was were they could find him.

Church means “gathering” or “assembly.” The church is a gathering of people who are compelled to find Jesus and be forever changed by him. Church changes the world because Jesus changes those in the church. It is a light and shelter and rock for communities, in any moment, for all seasons. It is a gathering where individuals discover they are a part of something greater together. Church is where people find Jesus and learn to live with him and for him.

Pray for the Day:

Father in heaven, don’t let me leave church. Help me find you in a gathering of people. Amen.